Nonstop flight route between St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and Blackpool, England, United Kingdom:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between St. Anthony Airport (YAY), St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and Blackpool International Airport (BLK), Blackpool, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 2,181 miles (or 3,510 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between St. Anthony Airport and Blackpool International Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.

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Facts about St. Anthony Airport (YAY):

• The closest airport to St. Anthony Airport (YAY) is Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon Airport (YBX), which is located 48 miles (77 kilometers) W of YAY.
• Because of St. Anthony Airport's relatively low elevation of 108 feet, planes can take off or land at St. Anthony Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• The furthest airport from St. Anthony Airport (YAY) is Albany Airport (ALH), which is located 11,260 miles (18,122 kilometers) away in Albany, Western Australia, Australia.
• St. Anthony Airport (YAY) currently has only 1 runway.

Facts about Blackpool International Airport (BLK):

• Blackpool International Airport handled 262,630 passengers last year.
• The furthest airport from Blackpool International Airport (BLK) is Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (SZS), which is located 11,823 miles (19,027 kilometers) away in Stewart Island, New Zealand.
• In addition to being known as "Blackpool International Airport", another name for BLK is "Squires Gate Airport".
• The closest airport to Blackpool International Airport (BLK) is Warton Aerodrome (WRT), which is located only 6 miles (10 kilometers) ESE of BLK.
• The RAF also selected Blackpool as one of its training wings due to the availability of accommodation.
• Blackpool International Airport (BLK) has 2 runways.
• On 18 July 2008, the Blackpool Gazette announced that Jet2 planned to suspend its daily service from Blackpool to Belfast International for the winter.
• In recent years the airport has been steadily expanding, accommodating helicopter operations for British Gas, and attracting scheduled flights from budget airlines, Jet2 and Ryanair and also scheduled services by smaller operators to the Isle of Man.
• Because of Blackpool International Airport's relatively low elevation of 34 feet, planes can take off or land at Blackpool International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• RAF Coastal Command also established an operational base on site, and expanded RAF Warton to act as a satellite airfield.
• Also in 2005, Monarch set up a new route to Málaga, three times a week.
• On 28 January 2012, plans were unveiled to launch a twice-weekly service to Albert - Picardie Airport with Danish Air Transport using ATR-72 equipment.